Word: moralizations
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...Gets Closer" described the creation of cloned human embryos by South Korean scientists [Feb. 23]. I was astonished by the rapid progress of this technology and its vast potential. But legislation against the misuse of cloning technology will not work. Like it or not, our curiosity will defeat our moral standards. And such curiosity, though it has contributed to scientific progress, has also resulted in harm. I'm not in favor of human cloning, but we must be prepared for the risks of advances in this technology. I'm afraid that we will never be able to get the benefits...
...Professor of the Natural Sciences Douglas A. Melton specifically, for “[showing] no reluctance to shelve ethical considerations to be at the forefront of stem cell research.” Furthermore, he claims that, “[Harvard] is already confident in its answers to moral questions—namely, that such questions are not important and need not be seriously considered before proceeding...
...abstract in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Courses of Instruction specifically states that “ethical and political considerations will not be ignored.” Indeed, in lieu of lecture one day, there was an hour-and-a-half-long discussion about the moral and ethical implications of both reproductive and therapeutic cloning. That he, personally and as a scientist, has come to the conclusion that therapeutic cloning is morally acceptable does not implicitly warrant condemnation, any more than President Bush’s decision to freeze federal funds for such research deserves commendation. That being said...
There is no sense of closure to be gained from the play’s ending, no clear moral or lesson to be found in its entirety. Yet the lines don’t seem connected to anything else, and the questions they raise, linger in the audience’s minds long enough for them to draw their own conclusions—which can be just as powerful as any message explicitly stated onstage...
Singer sought to highlight inconsistencies in Bush’s moral reasoning...